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A small spinach green jade quatrelobed vase Late Qing/Republic period
23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$6,250 inc. premium
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A small spinach green jade quatrelobed vase
Late Qing/Republic period
Of attenuated baluster form and rectangular section with ruyi lappets carved along the top of the quatrefoil rim, cicada lappets at the neck and a frieze of interlaced dragons encircling the body above a tall waisted foot and deeply recessed base; the matrix of deep to light leaf-green with pin-point black inclusions and veins.
5in (12.7cm) high
Of attenuated baluster form and rectangular section with ruyi lappets carved along the top of the quatrefoil rim, cicada lappets at the neck and a frieze of interlaced dragons encircling the body above a tall waisted foot and deeply recessed base; the matrix of deep to light leaf-green with pin-point black inclusions and veins.
5in (12.7cm) high
Footnotes
Although not made as a set, the quatrelobed shape of this vase complements the tulu shape of the covered censer in this sale. Small vases of this type would have been carved to hold shovels or tongs for the censer with the matching box made to hold the incense. See the three-piece sets in the Qing Court Collection, one set in white jade with chrysanthemum petal design, the other in spinach jade with archaistic animal decoration, illustrated in Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhen pin Quanji 42: Yuqi 3 (The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing Volume 42: Jade, book 3), 2006, nos. 70 & 71, pp. 82-84.